5 More Psychology Trivia Questions (Day 8)

Here are 5 more psychology trivia questions and another psychology joke we found online. Enjoy!

36. Which 3-word term (with an accompanying triangular graphic) is used to describe the theory of motivation first proposed by Abraham Maslow in 1943?

37. Fake inmates and fake prison guards both got a mere $15 bucks a day to participate in Philip Zimbardo’s infamous 1971 psych experiment at what university?

38. Which rare facetious disorder (which can also be “by proxy”) is when a person fakes having an illness, usually for attention or gain (like getting money from crowdfunding)?

39. 20th-century British American psychologist Raymond Cattell developed a test known as the 16 PF Questionnaire or the 16 WHAT Factor Model. The “P” word refers to the behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns that arise from biological and environmental factors.

40. What psychological complex suggests that little girls are in psychosexual competition with their mothers for the love of their fathers? The name comes from the name of the Ancient Greek female character who attempted to kill her mother, Clymenestra, in the “Orestes” plays.

Answers:

36: Hierarchy of Needs

37: Stanford

38: Munchausen

39: 16 Personality Factor Model

40: Electra complex

Psychology Joke of the Day:

8. Ambien might have mentally just tossed my salad. WITH CROUTONS.

(Quote by Jen Lancaster)

– From the Watercoolertrivia.com article “119 Psychology Trivia Questions Ranked from Easiest to Hardest (Updated for 2024)” at www.watercoolertrivia.com/trivia-questions/psychology-trivia-questions and a compilation by David Deslauriers at www.linkedin.com/pulse/twenty-mental-health-jokes-humorous-quotes-david-deslauriers